2023

Spring Events

Month	Day	Event Name	Holding Date
Mar.	15	$\r\n\r\n\r\n$ Asuke-Area Katakuri Asian Fawnlily Colony of Asuke The Asian Fawnlilies of Asuke are located on slopes of Mt. Iimori facing northwestwards and occupy an area of about 0.5 hectares. Every year between about mid-March and early April it is possible to see the cute blossoms, which open almost all at once starting from a particularl…	- 3/26
Mar.	21	$\r\n\r\n\r\n$ Fujioka-Area Sakura Cherry and Yukiyanagi Thunberg's Meadowsweet Blossoms of Aichi Greenery Center Cherry blossoms and Thunberg's meadowsweets bloom along a 130-meter-long promenade in a Japanese-style garden. Known as Yukiyanagi in Japan, the snow-white blossoms contrast perfectly with the pale pink cherry buds in full bloom. Together, they create a beautiful, dream-like sce…	- 4/9
Apr.	1	$STREET & PARK MARKET\r\nSTREET & PARK MARKET\r\nSTREET & PARK MARKET$ Toyota-Area STREET & PARK MARKET STREET & PARK MARKET is held on the first and third Saturdays of every month. The carefully made items for sale range from handmade goods and accessories to antique items, old books, sweets, and other food made with organic ingredients. Hands-on experiences, massages, nail art…
	15	$Matsudaira Spring Festival\r\nMatsudaira Spring Festival\r\nMatsudaira Spring Festival\r\nMatsudaira Spring Festival$ Matsudaira-Area Matsudaira-go Gongen Matsuri (Matsudaira Spring Festival)
	15	$STREET & PARK MARKET\r\nSTREET & PARK MARKET\r\nSTREET & PARK MARKET$ Toyota-Area STREET & PARK MARKET STREET & PARK MARKET is held on the first and third Saturdays of every month. The carefully made items for sale range from handmade goods and accessories to antique items, old books, sweets, and other food made with organic ingredients. Hands-on experiences, massages, nail art…
	16	$Matsudaira Spring Festival\r\nMatsudaira Spring Festival\r\nMatsudaira Spring Festival\r\nMatsudaira Spring Festival$ Matsudaira-Area Matsudaira-go Gongen Matsuri (Matsudaira Spring Festival)
May.	20	$STREET & PARK MARKET\r\nSTREET & PARK MARKET\r\nSTREET & PARK MARKET$ Toyota-Area STREET & PARK MARKET STREET & PARK MARKET is held on the first and third Saturdays of every month. The carefully made items for sale range from handmade goods and accessories to antique items, old books, sweets, and other food made with organic ingredients. Hands-on experiences, massages, nail art…

Summer Events

Month	Day	Event Name	Holding Date
Jun.	17	$STREET & PARK MARKET\r\nSTREET & PARK MARKET\r\nSTREET & PARK MARKET$ Toyota-Area STREET & PARK MARKET STREET & PARK MARKET is held on the first and third Saturdays of every month. The carefully made items for sale range from handmade goods and accessories to antique items, old books, sweets, and other food made with organic ingredients. Hands-on experiences, massages, nail art…

Autumn Events

Month	Day	Event Name
Sep.	mid	$Red Spider Lilies of the Aizumame River\r\nRed Spider Lilies of the Aizumame River\r\nRed Spider Lilies of the Aizumame River\r\nRed Spider Lilies of the Aizumame River\r\nRed Spider Lilies of the Aizumame River\r\nRed Spider Lilies of the Aizumame River$ Toyota-Area Red Spider Lilies of the Aizumame River Approximately 450 meters of red spider lilies bloom on both banks of the Aizumame River in the southwestern part of Toyota City, from Tenno Bridge (Marune-cho) to Otoko Bridge (Miyagami-cho). Many people from both inside and outside of Toyota City visit this place to observe an…
Sep.	late	$Red Spider Lilies of the Aizumame River\r\nRed Spider Lilies of the Aizumame River\r\nRed Spider Lilies of the Aizumame River\r\nRed Spider Lilies of the Aizumame River\r\nRed Spider Lilies of the Aizumame River\r\nRed Spider Lilies of the Aizumame River$ Toyota-Area Red Spider Lilies of the Aizumame River Approximately 450 meters of red spider lilies bloom on both banks of the Aizumame River in the southwestern part of Toyota City, from Tenno Bridge (Marune-cho) to Otoko Bridge (Miyagami-cho). Many people from both inside and outside of Toyota City visit this place to observe an…
Oct.	late	$Obara Cultural Festival Obara Kabuki\r\nObara Cultural Festival Obara Kabuki\r\nObara Cultural Festival Obara Kabuki\r\nObara Cultural Festival Obara Kabuki\r\nObara Cultural Festival Obara Kabuki$ Obara-Area Obara Cultural Festival Obara Kabuki Obara kabuki started in the mid-Edo Period when villagers performed the play as an offering to the local shrine. Today, it is held twice a year in May and October at the Obara Koryukan Community Hall and billed as “The Obara-za.”
Nov.	early	$Otaki Gorge Maple Festival\r\nOtaki Gorge Maple Festival\r\nOtaki Gorge Maple Festival\r\nOtaki Gorge Maple Festival\r\nOtaki Gorge Maple Festival$ Matsudaira-Area Otaki Gorge Maple Festival Otaki Gorge is located along Niogawa River, the tributary of Tomoegawa River, in the city of Toyota near Asuke Town. Niogawa River is the resulting flow of six upstream water sources, and is rather calm until it gets to Komiyama District. From this point onward, and until it mee…
	mid	$\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$ Asahi-Area [Cancelled] Sasado Autumn Festival This festival is for enjoying the red maple leaves at Sasado Park while eating natural yam, a specialty of Asahi. You can also take a hands-on lesson to make a bowl of grated yam and rice or you can harvest yams in the field. Stage entertainment includes taiko drummers, pole mar…
	mid	$Otaki Gorge Maple Festival\r\nOtaki Gorge Maple Festival\r\nOtaki Gorge Maple Festival\r\nOtaki Gorge Maple Festival\r\nOtaki Gorge Maple Festival$ Matsudaira-Area Otaki Gorge Maple Festival Otaki Gorge is located along Niogawa River, the tributary of Tomoegawa River, in the city of Toyota near Asuke Town. Niogawa River is the resulting flow of six upstream water sources, and is rather calm until it gets to Komiyama District. From this point onward, and until it mee…
	late	$Otaki Gorge Maple Festival\r\nOtaki Gorge Maple Festival\r\nOtaki Gorge Maple Festival\r\nOtaki Gorge Maple Festival\r\nOtaki Gorge Maple Festival$ Matsudaira-Area Otaki Gorge Maple Festival Otaki Gorge is located along Niogawa River, the tributary of Tomoegawa River, in the city of Toyota near Asuke Town. Niogawa River is the resulting flow of six upstream water sources, and is rather calm until it gets to Komiyama District. From this point onward, and until it mee…

Winter Events

Month	Day	Event Name	Holding Date
Dec.	mid	Inabu-Area Mennoki Soft Rime Virgin Forest The virgin forest of Mennoki, filled with beech trees over 300 years old, is designated as a Special Protection Area of Tenryu-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park. When weather conditions such as subfreezing temperatures align, soft rime covers the trees as they sparkle beautifully in…
Dec.	late	Inabu-Area Mennoki Soft Rime Virgin Forest The virgin forest of Mennoki, filled with beech trees over 300 years old, is designated as a Special Protection Area of Tenryu-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park. When weather conditions such as subfreezing temperatures align, soft rime covers the trees as they sparkle beautifully in…
Jan.	early	$\r\n$ Inabu-Area Hyobaku Ice Cascade of Yusui Hiroba in Inabu Starting in December of each year, columns are set up in a waterfall near Oidaira Park (Rokurogi) and water is poured over them every day to create enormous icicles, creating a frozen waterfall sculpture (hyobaku) that can be seen only in the winter. When illuminated at night, t…
		$Inabu Ice Cascade\r\nInabu Ice Cascade\r\nInabu Ice Cascade\r\nInabu Ice Cascade$ Inabu-Area Inabu Ice Cascade Starting in December of each year, columns are set up in a waterfall near Oidaira Park (Rokurogi) and water is poured over them every day to create enormous icicles, creating a frozen waterfall sculpture (hyobaku) that can be seen only in the winter. When illuminated at night, t…
		Inabu-Area Mennoki Soft Rime Virgin Forest The virgin forest of Mennoki, filled with beech trees over 300 years old, is designated as a Special Protection Area of Tenryu-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park. When weather conditions such as subfreezing temperatures align, soft rime covers the trees as they sparkle beautifully in…
	mid	$\r\n$ Inabu-Area Hyobaku Ice Cascade of Yusui Hiroba in Inabu Starting in December of each year, columns are set up in a waterfall near Oidaira Park (Rokurogi) and water is poured over them every day to create enormous icicles, creating a frozen waterfall sculpture (hyobaku) that can be seen only in the winter. When illuminated at night, t…
		$Inabu Ice Cascade\r\nInabu Ice Cascade\r\nInabu Ice Cascade\r\nInabu Ice Cascade$ Inabu-Area Inabu Ice Cascade Starting in December of each year, columns are set up in a waterfall near Oidaira Park (Rokurogi) and water is poured over them every day to create enormous icicles, creating a frozen waterfall sculpture (hyobaku) that can be seen only in the winter. When illuminated at night, t…
		Inabu-Area Mennoki Soft Rime Virgin Forest The virgin forest of Mennoki, filled with beech trees over 300 years old, is designated as a Special Protection Area of Tenryu-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park. When weather conditions such as subfreezing temperatures align, soft rime covers the trees as they sparkle beautifully in…
	late	$\r\n$ Inabu-Area Hyobaku Ice Cascade of Yusui Hiroba in Inabu Starting in December of each year, columns are set up in a waterfall near Oidaira Park (Rokurogi) and water is poured over them every day to create enormous icicles, creating a frozen waterfall sculpture (hyobaku) that can be seen only in the winter. When illuminated at night, t…
		$Inabu Ice Cascade\r\nInabu Ice Cascade\r\nInabu Ice Cascade\r\nInabu Ice Cascade$ Inabu-Area Inabu Ice Cascade Starting in December of each year, columns are set up in a waterfall near Oidaira Park (Rokurogi) and water is poured over them every day to create enormous icicles, creating a frozen waterfall sculpture (hyobaku) that can be seen only in the winter. When illuminated at night, t…
		Inabu-Area Mennoki Soft Rime Virgin Forest The virgin forest of Mennoki, filled with beech trees over 300 years old, is designated as a Special Protection Area of Tenryu-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park. When weather conditions such as subfreezing temperatures align, soft rime covers the trees as they sparkle beautifully in…
Feb.	early	$\r\n$ Inabu-Area Hyobaku Ice Cascade of Yusui Hiroba in Inabu Starting in December of each year, columns are set up in a waterfall near Oidaira Park (Rokurogi) and water is poured over them every day to create enormous icicles, creating a frozen waterfall sculpture (hyobaku) that can be seen only in the winter. When illuminated at night, t…
		$Inabu Ice Cascade\r\nInabu Ice Cascade\r\nInabu Ice Cascade\r\nInabu Ice Cascade$ Inabu-Area Inabu Ice Cascade Starting in December of each year, columns are set up in a waterfall near Oidaira Park (Rokurogi) and water is poured over them every day to create enormous icicles, creating a frozen waterfall sculpture (hyobaku) that can be seen only in the winter. When illuminated at night, t…
		Inabu-Area Mennoki Soft Rime Virgin Forest The virgin forest of Mennoki, filled with beech trees over 300 years old, is designated as a Special Protection Area of Tenryu-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park. When weather conditions such as subfreezing temperatures align, soft rime covers the trees as they sparkle beautifully in…
	mid	$\r\n$ Inabu-Area Hyobaku Ice Cascade of Yusui Hiroba in Inabu Starting in December of each year, columns are set up in a waterfall near Oidaira Park (Rokurogi) and water is poured over them every day to create enormous icicles, creating a frozen waterfall sculpture (hyobaku) that can be seen only in the winter. When illuminated at night, t…
		$Inabu Ice Cascade\r\nInabu Ice Cascade\r\nInabu Ice Cascade\r\nInabu Ice Cascade$ Inabu-Area Inabu Ice Cascade Starting in December of each year, columns are set up in a waterfall near Oidaira Park (Rokurogi) and water is poured over them every day to create enormous icicles, creating a frozen waterfall sculpture (hyobaku) that can be seen only in the winter. When illuminated at night, t…
		Inabu-Area Mennoki Soft Rime Virgin Forest The virgin forest of Mennoki, filled with beech trees over 300 years old, is designated as a Special Protection Area of Tenryu-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park. When weather conditions such as subfreezing temperatures align, soft rime covers the trees as they sparkle beautifully in…
	late	$\r\n$ Inabu-Area Hyobaku Ice Cascade of Yusui Hiroba in Inabu Starting in December of each year, columns are set up in a waterfall near Oidaira Park (Rokurogi) and water is poured over them every day to create enormous icicles, creating a frozen waterfall sculpture (hyobaku) that can be seen only in the winter. When illuminated at night, t…
	late	$Inabu Ice Cascade\r\nInabu Ice Cascade\r\nInabu Ice Cascade\r\nInabu Ice Cascade$ Inabu-Area Inabu Ice Cascade Starting in December of each year, columns are set up in a waterfall near Oidaira Park (Rokurogi) and water is poured over them every day to create enormous icicles, creating a frozen waterfall sculpture (hyobaku) that can be seen only in the winter. When illuminated at night, t…
	4	$\r\n\r\n\r\n$ Inabu-Area Yukimi Kaido Inabu Yukimi Kaido Inabu is an annual winter event in the Inabu area of Toyota City. When the candles made out of natural snow are lit, the soft light creates a mysterious nighttime atmosphere. 2023 will again allow event-goers to sip on warm goodies with the “Shiru-1 Grand Prix”, w…
	4	$\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$ Inabu-Area Inabu Lunar Calendar’s Hina Festival Meet various kinds of hina dolls and look forward to seeing what theme the hina dolls will make an appearance under this year. The main venue is at Donguri Workshop, where the dolls who have retired from being regular hina dolls have become “fukuyose hina,” bringing good luck a…	- 4/3
	11	$\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$ Matsudaira-Area Tenka Festival
	11	$\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$ Asuke-Area Hina Dolls of Chuma in Asuke The homes and shops lining the old streets of Asuke decorate their foyers and interiors with traditional clay dolls, a signature sight of spring that got its start as a way to enliven the streetscape for passersby.	- 3/12
	12	$\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n$ Matsudaira-Area Tenka Festival